Lockdown lifted at Serra High School

Law enforcement officials gather during a lockdown at Serra High School in Tierra Santa after a school police officer heard shots fired in a nearby canyon on Friday in San Diego, California.
— Eduardo Contreras

Law enforcement officials gather during a lockdown at Serra High School in Tierra Santa after a school police officer heard shots fired in a nearby canyon on Friday in San Diego, California.
— Eduardo Contreras

San Diego  Serra High School in Tierrasanta was on lockdown this morning after a school police officer heard a possible shot fired in a canyon near the campus.

Officers were called to the school on Santo Road just after 6:30 a.m. after someone reported seeing at least two people carrying copper wire from a locked construction site on the north side of the campus, police said.

The suspects fled when police arrived. As an officer searched for the thieves, he thought he heard a gun being fired, police said.

Officers searched the canyon and surrounding area but did not locate the men. The lockdown was lifted about 9:40 a.m., police said.